I pretend to know what I'm doing in the embedded space, and ALIX seems to be in the sweet spot of price & performance right now. The line's breadth is a nice bonus, supporting everything I need short of a [real] PCI-E slot. I'd probably go for one of the VIA Nano-ITX boards for a storage system, but ALIX fits nicely in the network space.
Given current flash prices and reliability, there's also little reason to limit yourself to pfSense's embedded image unless you won't need to install packages or need to push the longevity envelope of your flash. YMMV. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph L. Casale <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:13 To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: [pfSense Support] First Embedded System I am about to order hardware to make my first embedded system and am thinking of an ALIX.2D3 as it covers port wise all that I need. This will function for a very small lan <10 clients, are there any opinions anyone can share about possibly better choices or more reliable setups? Thanks for any points! jlc --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Commercial support available - https://portal.pfsense.org
